Return to Huainan and inform Yuan Shu of Sun Ce's words.

Yuan Shu was furious: "Sun Ce Huangkou Xiaoer, dare to bully me like this, I will cut it down first!" ”

Yang Hong hurriedly stopped: "Your Majesty, our army has been newly defeated by Lu Bu, and there are many losses, so it is not appropriate to immediately use sword soldiers, and if you attack Sun Ce, you are also afraid that Lu Bu will attack the rear." ”

Yuan Shu gritted his teeth, and in a battle with Lu Bu, he not only lost his troops and generals, but also lost a lot of grain, grass and ordnance. Helpless, Yuan Shu could only endure it.

Although Yuan Shu did not really raise troops in the end, Sun Ce still took sufficient precautions and sent heavy troops to garrison important places in Jiangkou.

At this time, Cao Cao sent an envoy to Jiangdong, in the name of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, officially worshiped Sun Ce as the Taishou of Huiji County, and ordered Sun Ce to raise troops to fight against Yuan Shu's thieves.

Of course, Sun Ce was very happy that he could be officially canonized as the Taishou of Huiji County in the name of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, but he could let himself raise troops to crusade against Yuan Shu, which made Sun Ce very difficult.

Although Yuan Shu was newly defeated by Lu Bu and lost more than 100,000 soldiers, Yuan Shu ruled a wide area and was rich in people, and he could still organize no less than 300,000 people, and Sun Ce seemed to occupy a lot of power in the six counties of Jiangdong, but in fact, there were only more than 100,000 soldiers, and after guarding various places, the most active troops were only 60,000. It's too much to overpower.

Zhou Yu made a plan and said: "Yuan Shu's strength is still strong, there is no underestimation of the enemy, it is better to write to Cao Cao, persuade him to play the Son of Heaven, in the name of the imperial court to conquer Yuan Shu, our promise is the future, just wait for Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Shu, we can easily seize Yuan Shuzhou County, increase strength, and achieve the great cause of winning the world in the future." ”

Sun Ce nodded and said, "That's the case!" ”

So, Sun Ce asked the envoy to reply to Cao Cao.

Xu Du.

Cao Cao was also preparing to play the Son of Heaven, and in the name of the Son of Heaven, he ordered the princes of the world to fight Yuan Shu together, but when he received Sun Ce's reply, he sneered and said: "Hmph, Sun Ce actually wants to make a profit? It's a good calculation. ”

Regardless of whether Sun Ce will send troops or not, since Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes and regarded himself as the imperial court, he must send troops to crusade against Yuan Shu's rebellion and claim to be the emperor and traitor.

Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, the princes of the world, except for Yuan Shu, who has become a rebel thief, and the prime minister, only Yuan Shao, Liu Yu, Liu Zhang, Liu Biao, Lu Bu, Sun Ce, Gongsun Zhan, Zhang Yang are nine people, and Zhang Xiu is half. ”

"Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are the same relatives, and they are planning to annex Gongsun Zhan, so they will definitely not send troops to attack Yuan Shu. Gongsun Zhan himself is difficult to protect, and Zhang Yang also has to guard against Yuan Shao's annexation. Liu Zhang only wants to hold Yizhou Shu County and other places, but Liu Biao will take the opportunity to join forces with Zhang Xiu to capture Nanyang County, but the two will never unite with the prime minister. Lu Bu has Chen Palace, he is not in harmony with the prime minister, it is impossible for Lu Bu to unite with the prime minister, he will only persuade Lu Bu to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and Sun Ce only agreed to be the follow-up, but he really wants to finally sit on the fisherman's Li'er. Only Liu Yu, the Marquis of Qin, was left to join forces with the prime minister. ”

Xun Yu also said: "What Cheng Gong said is very true, Cheng should invite Qin Marquis Liu Yu as a coalition army, Liu Yu is known as the Han family, His Majesty returned to Luoyang in the east, and he also personally called him 'Uncle Huang', both a clan relative of the Han family, and 'Uncle Huang', in the face of the rebellion of the emperor's thieves, how can he be indifferent, the prime minister invited, he will lead the troops to come." ”

Cao Cao nodded and said with a smile: "I and Liu Shimin haven't seen each other for many years since the princes of the Nineteenth Route discussed the dissolution of Dong, so we just took this opportunity to get together. ”

Immediately, Cao Cao sent an envoy to Guanzhong, and in the name of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he was named Liu Yu as the Great Sima, and ordered Liu Yu to send troops to fight against Yuan Shu together with the 'Imperial Court' Soldiers and Horses.

The so-called 'imperial court' soldiers and horses are naturally Cao Cao's army.

If it weren't for the fact that Liu Yu had not captured Guanzhong and his power was not strong, he was really reluctant to let Emperor Han Xian fall into the hands of Cao Cao like this.

Liu Yu received the edict, and changed from the hussar general Qin Hou to the great Sima Qin Hou, in fact, it was just a better name, and there was no increase in strength.

Liu Yu said: "The troops must be sent, but how much, when and who will be the generals, we must discuss it first." ”

Liu Yu arranged for Cao Cao's envoy to stay first, and then summoned Guo Jia, Liu Ye, Lu Qian, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and others to discuss together.

Guo Jiadao: "Big brother, Cao Cao has issued an edict in the name of the imperial court to send troops to the eldest brother, so this 'imperial court' should be in charge of the grain and grass of the eldest brother's soldiers and horses, and Cao Cao can be replied to. ”

Liu Yu nodded and said with a smile: "What Feng Xiao said is very true, my land boundary is far away from Huainan, and defeating Yuan Shu is destined to make no benefit, sending troops to unite with Cao Cao has already given Cao Cao a big advantage, how can I not bear the grain and grass of my army?" ”

Liu Ye is worthy of being a master of people's livelihood and logistics, when it comes to grain and grass, he reflects faster than Guo Jia, he smiled and said to Liu Yu: "Lord, Yizhou Liu Zhang, Mrs. Zhen's 'father-in-law' Yuan Shao, the lord can also borrow troops and grain from them by letter, as long as they still maintain the orthodoxy of the Han family on the surface, they can more or less borrow from the lord." ”

Guo Jia also said: "Zi Yang's words are very good, but Jia believes that Liu Zhang will not borrow soldiers or borrow grain, when the princes begged Dong, Liu Zhang and his father Liu Yan can be indifferent, after the eldest brother occupies Hanzhong, Liu Zhang is afraid of the eldest brother like a tiger, how can he borrow military food in vain to increase the strength of the eldest brother, but the eldest brother still has to write to Liu Zhang, if he really does not borrow, he will not force it, just for the excuse of the eldest brother to kill him in the future." However, Yuan Shao can plan there, he is at an important juncture in the annexation of Gongsun Zhan, and he will not be willing to bear the infamy of a rebel and a thief who is in the same stream as Yuan Shu at this time, besides, Yuan Shao is not Mrs. Zhen's 'father-in-law', the eldest brother is his 'son-in-law', and the son-in-law opens his mouth to borrow food for the removal of national thieves, how can he not give it at all? I guess I can borrow at least 100,000 grains from Yuan Shao. ”

Liu Yu smiled, what is the premise of fighting for hegemony in the world, it is soldiers and horses and grain and grass, no one will dislike a lot of grain and grass, if you can get grain and grass from Liu Zhang and Yuan Shao, it is naturally the best.

Immediately, Liu Yu went to find Zhen Luo.

More than half a year has passed, Zhen Luo has become accustomed to life in Guanzhong, without the helplessness and hesitation when she was forced to marry earlier, she found that Liu Yu was not as lustful as 'rumored', all of them were to confuse others. The Liu Yu she saw was actually very good, comparable to Yuan Shao's hero, and even more powerful than Yuan Shao, after all, Yuan Shao's success relied on the massive contacts and resources brought by the background of the fourth and third dukes, and although Liu Yu was a relative of the Han family, he was a foundation that was spelled out with a knife and a gun.

In addition, Zhen Luo is the second wife, and he gets along very well with Cai Yan, who is the main wife, one of the two daughters is the first talented woman in the late Han Dynasty, and the other is the second talented woman in the late Han Dynasty, and they are both beautiful and elegant and kind. Cai Yan prefers piano art and calligraphy and painting, and seems to have a temperament that does not eat fireworks in the world. In addition to Zhen Luoxi's dancing, calligraphy and painting, she is also good at handling housework, she takes care of Liu Yu's mansion in an orderly manner, and does not need Liu Yu to worry about family affairs, in fact, Zhen Luo is more like a good wife who can help Liu Yucheng achieve great things than Cai Yan.

"Luo'er, you sent a letter to Jizhou to Yuan Shao, saying that I want to borrow grain from him to crusade against the national thief Yuan Shu." Liu Yudao.

Zhen Luo said helplessly: "Husband, the concubine and Yuan Shao are named righteous father and daughter, but there is really no righteous father and daughter affection. ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "It's okay, it's just a name, Yuan Shao really dares to refuse, I dare to hang a black pot of Yuan Shu's fellow party for him, and unite with Cao Cao to pull him back when he kills Gongsun Zhan." ”

Zhen Luo didn't ask any more, and then wrote a letter according to Liu Yu's request, Liu Yu ordered someone to send it to Hebei to Yuan Shao quickly, and at the same time asked Cao Cao's envoy to send a message back to Cao Cao, he agreed to send 40,000 troops to attack Yuan Shu, but asked Cao Cao to provide a grain and grass to consume.

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